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metaphor

UK
/ˈmɛtəfə/
US
/ˈmɛtəfɔr/

Translations

metaphornoun
metaphors
pl
UK
/ˈmɛtəfə/
US
/ˈmɛtəfɔr/
The poet used a metaphor to describe the sunset.
Поэт использовал метафору, чтобы описать закат.
Synonyms
analogy
figure of speech
symbol
comparison
simile
metaphoradjective
UK
/ˈmet.ə.fɔː/
US
/ˈmɛt̬.ə.fɔr/
Used attributively before a noun to mean ‘pertaining to or involving metaphor’; rarely, if ever, gradable.
Synonyms
tropic
imagistic
nonliteral
suggestive
representative
emblematic
allegorical
symbolic
figurative
metaphorical

Definitions

metaphornoun
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
The phrase 'time is a thief' is a metaphor that suggests time steals moments from our lives.
A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.
The melting pot is a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend together as one.
Language or imagery characterized by the extensive use of metaphors.
Her poetry is dense with metaphor, evoking vivid emotional landscapes.
In cognitive linguistics, a systematic conceptual mapping between two domains of experience that structures understanding of one domain in terms of the other.
The ARGUMENT IS WAR metaphor shapes the language people use when they disagree.
metaphoradjective
Attributive. Of or relating to metaphor or the study of metaphors.
Metaphor studies often explore how abstract concepts are grounded in bodily experience.
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